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Zimbabwe: Water and Sanitation Crisis

08 Jan 2015
(Harare, November 19, 2013) — The water and sanitation crisis in Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, places millions of residents at risk of waterborne disease. Five years after cholera killed over 4,000 people and sickened 100,000 more, the cond...
Video, Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH)
Video

Scaling up Sanitation: Experiences and actions in Pakistan and Nepal

08 Jan 2015
Impact on lack of sanitation in rural communities and the well-being of families.
Video, Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH)
Video

WATSAN: China community vulnerability reduction

08 Jan 2015
Rural homes in China that lack sanitation face health and hygiene issues, particularly during the flooding season. Red Cross programs, supported by the International Federation and funded by the European Commission Humanitarian Aid Department, have b...
Video, Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH)
Research

Social Media Use during Disasters- A Review of the Knowledge Base and Gaps

07 Jan 2015
In 2009, for the first time, a majority of American adults reported the Internet was their preferred source for information and the most reliable source for news (Zogby Interactive, 2009). During disasters, the public is even more active online, in...
Research, Social Media in Disasters
Report

Workshop Report: Identification of Key Knowledge Gaps in Social Media Use During Disasters

07 Jan 2015
This report examines four types of challenges (operantional; social science; visual and data analytics; & technical challenges) in social media use during disasters. Workshop Report: Identification of Key Knowledge Gaps in Social Media Use During...
Report
Guidance material

Hashtag Standards for Emergencies

07 Jan 2015
As part of the ongoing close collaboration between OCHA and QCRI, regular conversations on how to improve crisis computing have taken place over the past few years. In May 2014, members of OCHA and QCRI met in Doha to discuss our ongoing efforts ...
Guidance material, Mapping and Geospatial Data
Research

Social Media in the Disaster Cycle- Useful Tools or Mass Distraction?

07 Jan 2015
Social media presents new vehicles for interactive communication and user-generated content using an array of Web- and mobile-based tools. As a result, platforms such as Facebook and Twitter are widely used around the world for entertainment but th...
Research, Mapping and Geospatial Data
Research

The Application of Social Media in Disasters- How can Social Media Support an Effective Disaster Response?

07 Jan 2015
The purpose of this paper is to show how Social Media can be used to support an effective disaster response. The research comes primarily from news articles, academic articles, and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reports. Contained in th...
Research
Report

Social Media and Disasters: Current Uses, Future Options, and Policy Considerations

07 Jan 2015
This report summarizes how social media have been used by emergency management officials and agencies. It also examines the potential benefits, as well as the implications, of using social media in the context of emergencies and disasters. Bru...
Report
Report

The Use of Social Media in Risk and Crisis Communication

07 Jan 2015
This report highlights the changing landscape of risk and crisis communications and in particular how social media can be a beneficial tool, but also create challenges for crisis managers. It explores different practices of risk and crisis communic...
Report, Mapping and Geospatial Data, Mobile Technology

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